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by progman32 819 days ago
My experience is similar. I feel like I experience past events more as modifications to my world view rather than a log of moments. I like it, to be honest. I don't need to know the exact details. The only time it gets me in trouble is people sometimes equate remembering an event as somehow "caring" about that event. I forget details fast. Sometimes people interpret that as not being interested in the people I met or the significance of the event. I'm always glad when folks of less common memory models share their experiences, I think it helps people understand that there's so many ways to experience life and consciousness.
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7thaccount 819 days ago
Memory is weird. I was once on a street in maybe 2005 with my mother when a song from the 90s came on the radio. I was thinking that the last time I had heard the song we were at the same red light, but something like 10 years prior. My mom then said, "I think we were in the same spot like 10 years ago the last time I heard this song". It was a very bizarre moment as the song wasn't important to us or anything like that which should have made it memorable.
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robertlagrant 819 days ago
> I feel like I experience past events more as modifications to my world view rather than a log of moments

That's interesting - I'm similar. I think of it in terms of remembering conclusions, rather than the reasons for the conclusions. Which can make it difficult to explain my reasoning sometimes - I tend to only remember the axioms/assumptions, and the conclusions, and have to try and recreate the intermediate steps every time.

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schoen 819 days ago
Heh, in deduction systems there is something called proof erasure, I believe asserting that any two proofs of the same proposition are equal. Maybe your mind's inference is working on something like a proof erasure principle? :-)
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robertlagrant 818 days ago
Well, that sounds good! I was previously riding high on coming out of Mayers-Briggs with a personality type that sounds like some sort of all-knowing robot god. Proof erasure principle sounds like an excellent followup (-:
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